For Family Carers Setting Up a Lasting Power of Attorney
Two interactive checkers — one for each LPA form — that walk you through every section before you sign anything, so your application goes in right first time.
By the time the OPG returns your application, weeks have passed. You pay again, restart the process, and — if your loved one’s capacity has declined in the meantime — you may have lost the window entirely.
Margaret set up an LPA for her husband. She filled in every section carefully, got it witnessed, and posted it with the fee. Six weeks later it came back. The certificate provider had signed before the donor — by one day.
She had to restart. By the time the second application was registered, her husband’s condition had worsened significantly.
“If someone had just told me about the signing order before I posted it, none of that would have happened.”
— Representative story based on commonly reported experiences
Two complete interactive checkers — one for each LPA form — that mirror the real OPG documents section by section.
The form that covers bank accounts, property, investments, and financial decisions. Includes the unique “when can attorneys act” section that doesn’t appear on the health form.
The form that covers medical decisions, care arrangements, and — crucially — life-sustaining treatment. Contains Section 5 which does not appear on the financial form and cannot be left blank.
10 sections per form, in the same order as the OPG document. You work through each one before moving to the next.
Every section flags the most common rejection reasons for that part of the form — in plain English, not legal language.
Attorney and certificate provider eligibility is checked in real time. Select a disqualifying answer and the tool tells you immediately — before you put it on the real form.
Before you sign anything, preview all your entries in one place with answers colour-coded green or red. Print it as a reference when completing the real form.
Everything you enter stays in your browser only. Nothing is sent to any server. Complete privacy.
Go through both checkers with your real form details. If you don’t feel more confident and better prepared, email me within 14 days and I’ll refund your payment in full.
P.S. — The window to set up a Lasting Power of Attorney closes when your loved one loses mental capacity. If that happens before the LPA is registered, you face the Court of Protection instead — and that costs significantly more time and money than getting the form right first time. £14.99 is the cheapest insurance you will ever buy for this process.
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